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Name:  Vellios Malkai

Race:  Turian 

Sex: Male

Age:  37 Earth years/22 Palavan years

Class: Soldier, Hire muscle/shooter (This is the primary skill and job. However, he's more than just a muscle/shooter because of the wide range of jobs he took by choice, but specialists in things like medical, tech, engineer, etc that have beyond the basics will top him.) 

Appearance: 

Vellios has a carapace as dark as midnight, his surface greedy in absorbing the light that literally none shines off it.  Physically he’s rather thin for his race, almost underfed and lithe with just enough muscle for speed rather than strength. He can easily dart in and out of reach of his target, slicing them up while he's giving a cocky ass grin. His height is at 6’2” enabling him to hold eye to eye level with most the other male turians. Vellios' color is that of ice and seems to hold the same sharpness and chill when he takes a interest in a target. Along his outside are various scars marring the surface, breaking the perfection most younger males would have during their career, many have faded into greyish lines and most of them covered by his clothes. The most dominant one is one nearly severing his mandible thanks to a shot from a close range handgun when he was 18 and a foot soldier during the 314 Relay Incident. 

His face has the traditional Palaven markings, a single stroke across the nose and cheeks with another following the mandible down part way. It’s a permanent mark, inked like a tattoo so it’s impossible to remove it due to its importance to Vellios. The ink itself is the same shade as his eyes, making it able to be easily seen on his carapace even though part of the design is marred thanks to the Relay 314 Incident.  

Background:  

It started when Liana Malkai, a former conscript and promising turian soldier, left her homeworld. She was pregnant with her first child and from the moment Vellios was born on a turian frigate, his whole life was spent traveling from ship to ship and taught by his mother. Most the times she fed him tales over his father. From how he died during a space fight to his undying love toward his mother, idolizing the turian in Vellios’ eyes. It seemed his sacrifice was too grievous to bear and she had retired from the military service to spend the rest of her days exploring the galaxy. She made ends meet using her machinist skills to pay for room and food costs, Vellios was more busy exploring the inner ship works than learning his mother’s trade. 

It was 2149 CE when their latest ship was boarded and captured by pirates, his mother and several others taken prisoner. She had managed to stow him away before the pirates discovered her and hauled her way. Naturally Vellios followed quietly, avoiding the ship’s bustling marauders seeking additional victims or valuables to satisfy their greedy appetites. They were a motley crew from what he could tell. It was a mixed batch of krogans, vorcha, and turians with a few asari and salarians scattered throughout. On entering the bridge area where he had been always been taught to go, Vellios walked in on his mother’s execution in progress causing youth to rush forward. His small body caught the krogan off guard before Vellios' body was tossed back. The krogan, Syberus’ second in command, Jurdron, quickly pointed his shotgun at the youth who sat there in defiance. 

He wasn’t killed, but toyed with by the very captain, Syberus, a ex-military turian turned pirate. Impressed by Vellios’ stubborn nature and resistance, he called for a modest, dull blade. Then he ordered the boy to kill his mother. At his refusal, Syberus shot his mother causing the boy to attempt to attack him only to be beaten by Jurdron then pinned down to listen to his mother’s pleading cries. 

In the end, Syberus  leaned in and whispered quietly, saying if she wanted her son to live and be free, she should persuade him to kill her.  In the end, Liana sacrificed herself by forcing her own son to kill her in hopes he would live and be free. It wasn’t meant to be because Syberus ordered the boy to taken onboard and the ship destroyed. Vellios was hauled off kicking and screaming, his broken body wiggling in the krogan’s grasp before being knocked out cold. 

For four years, he learned the way of the Haides, Syberus’ ship as the longest lasting ‘cabin’ boy. If you didn’t learn to be cold, kill and quick on your feet then you starved or died. About five other boys had died in the first year he was onboard, mostly from the abuse gained from the  older crew members who cared little for their well being. In their minds, the sooner the boys were killed than less future competition for the spoils.  Among the crew, it was the captain that seemed to seek out Vellios for particular harsh lessons whenever he broke the ship’s rules. One event stuck with him for a long time. It was when he became a friend to a young, fragile Batarian cabin boy when he was about thirteen or so. Vellios, being the oldest, stopped the Batarian's near death by tossing himself onto the aggressor then chasing him off. The two boys were tossed into a pit like structure where they were made to starve until one of them was killed. His friend was the first to break and forced Vellios into killing him.

“The weak have no place in the world save for reminding us of our strength.” Said the Captain above, his words echoed upon Vellios’ grieving form. 

Vellios was forced to endure in a world he was trapped in and became emerged in the lifestyle. Fueled by hidden desire for revenge against the Captain, he had killed numerous times upon ship raids and on Haides until he became an lean teenager of cockiness and confidence. Including a taste for blood. He wasn’t the alpha but he was still force to be challenged even among larger foes. It was only matter of time before someone caught up to the pirates, again tossing his life into a struggle to survive. 

At night, they left port and sailed into vast space in a lazy drift after their last raid on a colony. Out of the darkness a mercenary ship descended on them, hired by someone with a grudge. In the fire, blood, and chaos running rampant over the ship, Vellios spotted his chance to kill the bastard Syberus when he was wounded in a gunfight. On retreating back to his quarters, Vellios’ attacked and used the chance to kill him. After the reveal of a life rattling secret, the turian made his way through crumbling debris and additional enemy reinforcements. 

On reaching the small shuttle he's learned to drive, his attempts often foiled when it came to using it to escape, he jettisoned into space. The last thing he spotted was the Krogan standing over Syberus’ body and putting the pieces together. 

Days passed, his shuttle long ran out of power and food that he was pretty sure he would die. In fact he was at death's doorstep when a volus merchant ship came by and saved him. They allowed the turian to hitch a ride, his body regained health during the trip back to Palaven where he tried to escape. He was arrested then placed into an orphanage later on. 

He was conscripted a year later. 

He showed great promise in his training, namely when it came to effective killing naturally. Though he had slight advantage thanks to his experiences aboard the Haides. Soon he was assigned to the 6th Armigar Legion and sent into battle during the Relay 314 Incident. Vellios stood out above his fellow soldiers with his ability to get the job done at almost any cost. Despite his merit, his team, among other Turians, were forced back when the Second Alliance Fleet entered the fight. He was 18 at the time of it all and he didn't leave unmarked.

Over the next 14 years, he ended up building a career within the military. During those years he met his wife through communications department and eventually they were engaged then married at the age of 21. His son, Tiberian, and daughter Kilia, were born about a year apart 3-4 years later.  When he was on military leave during his son’s seventh birthday, he was greeted by a horrifying scene. His family was murdered, their blood painted on the wall leaving behind a message he would never forget: You killed Syberus. The evidence was undeniable while he held his family’s corpses and rocked back and forth, his heart tearing into pieces at the gruesome sight at his being taken away.   

He turned 33 when his grieving period was over. He immediately tossed himself back into the service with a motivation to distract himself from his pain. Vellios’ accomplishments drew his superior’s attention, who in turn put him into the running for the Spectre program among many other candidates from a wide selection of other Legions, Fleets, and Marine Divisions. When he was young he had a slight drug addiction but after the murder of his family, his prior drug usage had become more aggressive. Now in order to sleep peacefully, he required a dose or three. Thankfully it never interfered with his work. 

He was assigned to a Spectre, a Trominus Yinso, and proved worthy enough to be put on a mission. While the actual events are classified, it was clear Vellios had the ability, will and additional qualities to become a Spectre but his personal motives didn’t align with the Council. (PMed details to GMs) He was dismissed. Over time his nightmares seemed to edge away, his failure at the Spectre program appeared to motivate his withdraw from the military. There was too many painful memories there now and he felt it was time for a fresh start. For the next three years he spent his time as a mercenary and drifter, going in and out of different territories in order to make a living. The first year he was solo, but gradually he was joining groups on temporary basis in order to increase his payload. It was during that time he met Serena, who seemed interesting enough to accompany for several missions. They both had gotten close though even when she does know the full extent of his past or the reason for the drug and drinking habits. With her around, his issue has decreased some but it will never be gone.    

Equipment: This is what he has. Not what he carries on his person all the time. Usually he keeps his stash where he's stationed and selects based on mission, using what is best depending on the information he's given. However, attempting thieves will find all his gear has been branded with a specialized chemical that when exposed to black light reveals a VM on each solid part. In addition, he has extreme intimate knowledge about each one since he’s used them often enough.  

Weapons
Shotgun- Scimitar   (Elkoss Combine)
Pistol- Karpov (Rosenkov Materials)
Assault Rifle- M8 Avenger  (Elkoss Combine)
Sniper Rifle- Volkov (Rosenkov Materials)
 Omni Tool: Logic Arrest Tool produced by Ariake Technologies
Flashlight
Scanner
Repairing items
Dispensing medi-gel
Programming and hacking- (he knows how to apply them but Serena often has to instruct his sorry ass.)
Camera
Video, audio and holographic communication
Downloading and playing video games
Converting items into omni-gel
Manufacturing objects in real time
Omni-blade   
Ammo Types
Cryo
Disruptor
Shredder
Grenades
Smoke Grenades- has about 4 currently on him, and about 7 in storage back on the ship. 
Armor
Light Armor- Survivor Armor produced by Delvon Industries (military issued and paid for by service)
Heavy Armor- Colossus Armor produced by Kassa Fabrication (saved up for 2-3 years)


Additional Items
2 Short range knives for melee combat


Skills: 
Fitness
Marksmanship
Fortitude
Military training: Ability to delay shock from wounds with adrenaline, keep calm in extreme conditions, increased reflexes and speed dominate, etc.


Powers: 

Adrenaline Rush
Ballistic Blades (with Explosion function optional)
Concussion Shot
Defense Matrix (Given and programmed by Serena)
Cain Trip Mines


Font Colour: RosyBrown

Those pirates are almost as hardcore as my Boy Scout troop. Almost.

Everything looks pretty dandy, and as I mentioned over PM, the hidden bits of his bio are all a-okay to go. The character works on all levels, although I do have to ask if he went through some form of therapy and remediation after escaping the pirates because being forced into murdering your friends for the formative years of your life tends to leave a mark/ potentially fucks a kid up. I’d just like some form of acknowledgement that Vellios was acclimatized back into turian society and cleared with the doctors in the period between his rescue and conscription. While it’s true all turians serve the public in their conscription phase, not all of it is strictly military service, so they’d definitely want to make sure their recruits were all of a sound mind before enlisting.Dervish

That was actually assumed that when they found at about what, 15-16, he was interrogated then evaluated and finally put through therapy and such while in the orphanage. It also likely continued through his conscription (see Syberus keep a slight military order  with the belief the strong survive while the weak die so Vellios is most comfortable with that scene. He can follow orders easily and with a person he likely learned to trusted, he is fully able.), but as you can see, not all his issues were fully solved since he's a bit of an addict and heavy alcohol drinker. I think I only gave a year or more between it but I don't want to extend it too much, else he is less likely to be on the 314 Relay Incident front.  

@Rtron@Fallenreaper Dex does get a say in who she wants to sleep with right????

Just don't forget she's got a nasty left hook that is a little electrifying. ;)@DearTrickster

She does, he's a gentlemen though he will flirt and tease some. Even spoil her a bit. 

@DearTrickster Serena certainly isn't gonna be attempting to sleep with her, and I'm sure Vellios is classy....@Rtron

Lol, indeed.

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